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Historical Event on 11/20/1998
Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/29/1844 | W.C. Bonerjee, first President of the Indian National Congress, was born in Kidderpore, Calcutta. |
| 12/5/1950 | Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away. |
| 4/18/1991 | Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country. |
| 8/13/1956 | National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India. |
| 11/20/1990 | Mulayam Singh Yadav's JD (S) ministry wins a confidence motion (224-146) with the help of Congress (I) in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 6/3/1995 | Mayavati (BSP) becomes the new CM of UP with the outside support of BJP. |
| 9/28/1964 | The simmering dispute of India and Pakistan between the Hindus and Muslims erupted again in Kashmir. Fighting was also reported on this day in the Indian province of Rajasthan. China, which supported Pakistan in the dispute, sent massed troops on its border. |
| 4/7/1993 | Narsimha Rao,PM, arrives in Bangkok on a three-day visit to Thailand. |
| 10/17/1906 | Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33. |
| 5/19/1975 | Farm truck packed with wedding party run over by a train, killing 66 in truck, at 40 miles south of Pune. |
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